Corruption and lack of transparency remain critical challenges in governance systems
around the world. These issues are often perpetuated by centralized systems and their …

Smart contracts (SC) run on blockchain technology (BCT) to implement agreements
between several parties. As BCT grows, organizations aim to automate their processes and …

The aim of this chapter is to consider the prominence of “governance” issues in the domain
of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The chapter discusses the importance …

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) have emerged as a novel way to
coordinate a group of (pseudonymous) entities toward a shared vision (eg, promoting …

In this paper, we explain the Alphabill family of technologies that addresses both unlimited
scalability and unrestricted adaptivity. We deliver a sharded blockchain technology with …

The decentralized exchange (DEX) leverages smart contracts to trade digital assets for
users on the blockchain. Developers usually develop several smart contracts into one …

The creation of blockchain-based software applications requires today considerable
technical knowledge, particularly in software design and programming. This is regarded as a …

The pandemic has accelerated technological advances in higher education. Learning
management systems that make use of the persistent platform, a wide range of …

We present Stipula, a domain specific language that may assist legal practitioners in
programming legal contracts through specific patterns. The language is based on a small set …

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) launched on a blockchain and governed by
a smart contract promises to bring self-organization to a new technological level. Crisis …